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On March 31, 1988, The company was renamed as Sterling Plumbing Group Inc.<ref>{{cite web|title=Business Organization Detail|url=http://apps.sos.wv.gov/business/corporations/organization.aspx?org=121007|website=Online Data Services|publisher=West Virginia Secretary of State|accessdate=2 May 2018}}</ref>
On November, 16, 1988, Sterling bought Kinkead Industries (a subsidiary of USG Corp) and its manufacturing plant in [[Union City, Tennessee]] built in 1967. This purchase added folding shower doors, tub and shower enclosures to the Sterling family of products.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kohler subsidiary buys Illinois firm|accessdate=16 May 2018|publisher=The Sheboygan Press|date=16 November 1988|location=Sheboygan, Wisconsin|page=20}}</ref>
From 1994 to 1995, the faucet operations at Morgantown, West Virginia were transferred to facilities in the cities of [[Sheridan, Arkansas|Sheridan]] and [[Malvern,_Arkansas|Malvern]], [[Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite web|author1=Bill Henson|title=Sterling shifts its molding to Arkansas|url=http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/19950918/NEWS/309189980/sterling-shifts-its-molding-to-arkansas|website=www.plasticnews.com|publisher=Crain Communications Inc.|accessdate=3 May 2018}}</ref> At the same time, the corporate offices moved to [[Rolling Meadows, Illinois]].
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